H3863 · לוּא
lûwʼ · loo · if, that
H3863 (lûwʼ, pronounced loo) is the Hebrew word לוּא in Strong’s dictionary: a conditional particle. It appears 21 times in 20 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- לוּא (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- lûwʼ
- Pronunciation
- loo
- Derivation
- or לֻא; or לוּ;
- Definition
- a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!
- Rendered in the KJV
- if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
21 occurrences in 20 verses (20 with English words of their own, 1 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “If only” ×8
- “If” ×2
- “if” ×2
- “Even if” ×1
- “O that” ×1
- “Or if” ×1
- “What if” ×1
- “if only” ×1
By book
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